Books
Agriculture for Improved Nutrition: Seizing the Momentum
January 2019 Hardback & Open Access eBook 232 Pages ISBN 9781786399311 Agriculture’s vast potential to improve nutrition is just beginning to be tapped. New ideas, research, and initiatives developed over the past decade have created an opportunity for reimagining and redesigning agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition. To support this transformation, this […]
Urban Pest Control
May 2018 Softback 126 Pages ISBN 978-1786395146 This book provides a handy set of information to practitioners engaged in urban and household pest control. Written following a non technical script, containing illustrations and multiple coloured pictures the book is a useful tool for self learning as well as for training fellow practitioners. The book contains […]
IPM for the Urban Professional: A Study Guide for the Associate Certified Entomologist
October 2015Softback208 Pages ISBN 9780996667401 Designed as a study guide for those pursuing the ACE (Associate Certified Entomologists) program run by the Entomological Society of America. Founded in 1889, the ESA has nearly 7,000 members today. IPM for the Urban Professional also serves as a comprehensive introduction to the concepts of integrated pest management (IPM); […]
Urban Insect Pests
September 2014Hardback249 PagesISBN 9781780642758 With 15 chapters and 21 contributing authors, this book is a completely current review of best pest management strategies with, in addition to the expected chapters on headline pests such as bedbugs, also considers among other chapter titles, ants, termites, mosquitoes, filth flies, fleas, and timber beetles. Written by experts in […]
The Manual of Biocontrol Agents (5th Edition)
June 2014Hardback304 Pages ISBN 9781901396874 The British Crop Production Council (BCPC) is a non-profit-making organisation and for over 50 years it has developed an international reputation for sound science in the fields of agriculture, food and the environment. Its conferences, publications and working groups bring together scientists to form opinion on key issues and its […]
Urban Pest Management: An Environmental Perspective
October 2011Hardback248 pagesISBN 9781845938031 The book consists of a series of chapters, each written by a different author. The choice of chapter topics ranges from the control of specific pests (e.g. bed bugs, mosquitoes, termites), pest control in specific environments (e.g. schools, low-income housing), the use of specific insecticide formulations (e.g. baits, microencapsulation), the role […]
Pesticide drift and the pursuit of environmental justice
2011Paperback, Hardback, e-book296 Pages ISBN 9780262516280 This book is really about environmental justice for those living on or near farm land which includes a large number of immigrant farmworkers, concerned about pesticide use in California and in particular the exposure of people to “pesticide drift”. However, although it mentions that pesticides can be distributed by […]
Rodent Pests and Their Control
November 2016Hardback432 Pages ISBN 978184593178 The most numerous of the world’s invasive species, rodent pests have a devastating impact on agriculture, food, health and the environment. In the last two decades, the science and practice of rodent control has faced new legislation on rodenticides, the pests’ increasing resistance to chemical control and the impact on […]
